Table 6 Mean landing rates of An. gambiae s.l/volunteer/hour in a four hour repellent evaluation in Mbingu village
Volunteer 1 median (IQR) | Volunteer 2 median (IQR) | Volunteer 3 median (IQR) | Volunteer 4 median (IQR) | Volunteer 5 median (IQR) | Volunteer 6 median (IQR) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Placebo | ||||||
Hour 1 | 10 (2–10) | 2 (0–3) | 4 (1–5) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–6) | (0) |
Hour 2 | 2 (1–7) | 4 (2–4) | 3 (1–4) | 2 (0–5) | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–3) |
Hour 3 | 4 (1–22) | 3 (0–6) | 10 (1–13) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–4) | 0 (0–4) |
Hour 4 | 4 (0–6) | 3 (1–7) | 11 (3–12) | 0 (0–8) | 2 (0–3) | 0 (0–5) |
15% DEET in ethanol | ||||||
Hour 1 | 0 (0–0) | 2 (1–9) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) |
Hour 2 | 0 (0–1) | 1 (0–7) | 2 (0–6) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) |
Hour 3 | 0 (0–3) | 4 (1–8) | 2 (0–4) | 0 (0–5) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) |
Hour 4 | 0 (0–0) | 4 (1–5) | 3 (1–6) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–1) |
15% DEET in lotion | ||||||
Hour 1 | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–2) | 1 (0–1) |
Hour 2 | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–0) | 1 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) |
Hour 3 | 0 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) |
Hour 4 | 0 (0–0) | 2 (0–3) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) |